Toilet paper? Ammunition? Canning supplies? All faced shortages in the last year that had nothing to do with production issues.
I’m not being a wise guy. And, I don’t think you were either. But, if all we ever did was look at the immediate situation, we’d miss out on opportunity’s.
Loaded Ammo has Been scarce for at least a decade. Meaning demand and supply has traded places multiple times. But, supply has never reached pre Obama status. And, it never will as long as the political climate towards gun ownership goes away. Producers have/did state that they can’t keep up with upticks in demand. And, nothings changed except more demand.
I don’t blame ammo makers. Because who’s going to invest with such an unclear future? I don’t blame consumers either. What rational human wouldn’t buy what they’ve needed when given the chance. In such uncertain supply? So, it’d be easy to say consumers are causing the shortage. But, in reality, its the unwillingness to invest in manufacturing to increase supply that’s causing shortages.
It’s been that way for 30 years. As component costs have sky rocketed as well. Brass for casings, copper, etc has increased in demand. For all entity’s. Not just ammo makers. As world economies develop, this is only going to get worse too. So, we can blame consumers. But, that isn’t the issue.
Toilet paper, I can’t argue. Dumbest thing I’ve ever saw.
Canning supplies are very easy to find. And, never were hard to find as far as I’m concerned. Spend 5 minutes on eBay. Much cheaper then local sellers too. I bought 400 wide mouth and standard size seals a piece. For less then $75 delivered to my home. This was 6 months ago. I’ve bought 200 rings for both sizes. Salt, and added another 60 American made jars to my supplies. All in the last year. And, all noticeably cheaper then buying off local vendors pre pandemic.
I imagine the side you stand on is regional. I also imagine it has to do with ones willingness to admit if they’ve considered reality as it’s changed and, prepared accordingly. I’m in the second camp. And, have only noticed that since it’s become popular to pay producers to stay home, it’s gotten a lot harder to buy a lot of things since their is no incentive to move on with life in a lot of people.
The fear of this virus is severely affecting the whole worlds supply of produced goods. And, it’s just starting to hit home.